Hate to say this on this board, but the new Chevy trucks aren't anywhere
near as durable as the old ones.
In 1996,
chevy came out with the Vortec engines which had significantly more
horsepower than the old TBI engines. Great except no one told the
transmission and rear end people.
I am speaking from experience on a 96 K1500 Suburban, which has pretty
much the same mechanical components as your Silverado.
The 1500 transmission is the 4L60E which is not adequate for the
power and torque put out by the newer 5.0 and 5.7l engine. They
are prone to internal failures in the clutches and gears at 80,000
to 100,000 miles. Besides the hard shift, I bet your torque converter
clutch isn't locking up either and you may be seeing a service engine
soon light. In short, your transmission is probably dieing.
Now for the bad news, the rear end gears are often shot by this time
too, especially if you have the 3.42 rear end.
For the injectors, try changing the fuel filter located under the
truck. These should be changed about every 1000 gallons of gas.
If you don't, you will have low fuel pressure at the injectors and
the fuel pump in the gas tank will eventually die.
Sorry to be the barer of bad tidings, but these things are pretty
soft rocks compared to the oletrucks. To keep the lawyers happy,
all of the above are my humble opinion.
Bruce K
57 3200
96 K1500 Suburban
Mt. Iron, MN
At Tuesday, 27 May 2003, you wrote:
>I had to turn to all of you experts for this one. I am the original
owner
>of a 1998 Chevy Stepside 1500 with just over 100,000 miles on it.
Since
>about 6 months into owning it, I've had it in the shop 5 or 6 times
with
>fuel injector problems and a couple of times to have them check on the
>transmission.
> The fuel injector problem continues to be an issue off and on and the
>transmission
>situation has become more regular. When it shifts (it's an automatic)
from
>1st to 2nd, paricularly when it's warmed up, it will jerk with so
much force
>that it makes me look in the rearview mirror to see who has run
into me.
> This problem, tho very slight, started showing up a few years ago
and the
>dealer couldn't duplicate the problem. I've checked for recall
information
>and have found nothing. I like my truck and would like to have
it around
>for a few more years, at least, but feel that between the injector
problem
>and the transmission problem, I'm heading for some big troubles.
Any input
>please ping me off line.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Michael
>'54 and '98 stepsides
>oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
>
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